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Beyond Breast Cancer: What Survivors and Previvors Should Know About Gynecologic Cancer Risk black women's health brca1/brca2 cancer awareness cancer prevention cervical cancer genetic testing gynecologic awareness health literacy lynch syndrome uterine cancer women's health advoacy Sep 22, 2026

September is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month, an opportunity to talk about cancers that do not always receive the attention they deserve.

For women who have already faced breast cancer, as well as for "previvors" who know they carry an inherited cancer risk but have never developed cancer, ther...

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πŸ—“οΈ The Appointment You Keep Moving to the Bottom of the List black women over 50 black women's health breast cancer risk breast cancer screening breast imaging cancer prevention cancer screening independent health advocate midlife wellness national wellness month preventive health screening women health advocacy women's health advoacy Aug 21, 2026

A woman I'll call Deidre once sat across from me in an executive health physical. She appeared in a hurry and clearly did not want to be there. She informed me rather curtly that she had several meetings scheduled at her office- which fortunately was a short walk- in less than an hour. The only reas...

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